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<div class="section field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd" rel="schema:image" resource="http://thepoliticus.com/sites/default/files/styles/img_blog/public/o-george-will-facebook.jpg?itok=eCCIZ1bA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://thepoliticus.com/sites/default/files/styles/img_blog/public/o-george-will-facebook.jpg?itok=eCCIZ1bA" width="728" height="364.3" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="section field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"><p>The nomination of Donald Trump appears to have been the last straw for Washington Post columnist George Will.</p>
<p>During remarks at a Federalist Society event on Friday, Will announced that he had left the GOP and became an unaffiliated voter. In other words, he’s so disgusted with the Republican Party that he can’t stand to be registered as one anymore.</p>
<p>According to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/george-will-leaves-gop-224801?cmpid=sf" target="_blank">Politico</a>, Will told those in attendance that, “This is not my party,” and proceeded to urge Republicans to “make sure” Trump “loses.” The GOP will just have to “grit their teeth” for four more years and try again in 2020, he continued.</p>
<p>This is a huge development that demonstrates clearly how far the Republican Party has fallen since latching onto Trump as their nominee.</p>
<p>Ever since Trump entered the GOP field he has relentlessly embarrassed the party with his racist hateful rhetoric and willful rejection of facts. He has even gone so far as to attack and insult fellow Republicans and conservatives who, like Will, disagree with him being the nominee.</p>
<p>Will <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-trump-is-nominated-the-gop-must-keep-him-out-of-the-white-house/2016/04/29/293f7f94-0d9d-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html" target="_blank">wrote a column back in April</a> warning Republicans that Trump would be the most unpopular presidential candidate in history and that his nomination would damage the the party significantly if Republicans didn’t seek a different path. But two months later the damage is worse than it was at the time Will’s column was published.</p>
<p>Trump and the Republican Party are losing to Hillary Clinton <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/278637-clinton-leads-trump-by-13-points-nationally" target="_blank">by 13 points nationally</a> and red states such as Kansas and Utah could very well vote Democratic for the first time since 1964. Furthermore, over 70 percent of women, Latinos, and African-Americans view Trump unfavorably and Clinton is poised to capture even more votes from women than President Obama did against Mitt Romney in 2012. Trump leads among white men but even that lead is <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/poll-clinton-expands-lead-after-becoming-presumptive-nominee-n591531" target="_blank">starting to slip</a>.</p>
<p>So it’s no wonder why George Will is leaving the Republican Party. He is embarrassed and wants no part of the train wreck that the GOP has brought upon themselves in their desperation for power. Trump has turned the Republican Party into the “party of white people,” Will said in March <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="twitter-timeline-link" href="http://winningdemocrats.com/george-will-slams-donald-trump-hes-destroying-the-party-and-only-draws-white-people/" target="_blank">during an appearance on Fox News</a>.</p>
<p>If a longtime conservative like George Will is willing to leave the Republican Party because of Trump, Republicans had better start worrying about if there will be a party left by the time the election is over.</p>
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